O Gauge Live Steam: Crewchester May 2024

[@geordieceltic2]

Shear perfection! The raised track that is obscured by the hedge is really effective and looks like an embankment. The planting is very impressive. Well done and thank you for sharing.

[@DrDave_63395]

@@geordieceltic2 Graham’s planting of Loniceria Nitida is an excellent way to hide the supports for the raised track section

[@bambukouk]

always worth waiting for 👍 thank you for another great video Chris

[@Electricfox]

14:25 She certainly pulls away like the prototype! :D

[@caseyvillemodelrailroad3877]

Great vidio, nice garden layout. Thanks for the morning coffee...

[@colinbooth2421]

Astonishing. What an achievement.

[@alantoms3263]

First time I've come across this fantastic layout - what a huge effort that must have been to create it, and the motive power and rolling stock. Thanks for sharing.

[@DrDave_63395]

Your welcome, If you want more information about Crewchester layout, in my video kzbin.info/www/bejne/iYWoe4OYnrljpJY Graham explains the history

[@tonywise198]

Loved the Slip Coach.

[@DrDave_63395]

@@tonywise198 I did half think about dropping that clip😀

[@GRAHAM1514]

Excellent thanks

[@Porschedude8]

Well done! (Love the shirt)! 👏😊

[@StBlazeyModelWorld]

Fabulous stuff. I would love to have a garden railway. MAny thanks for posting :)

[@DrDave_63395]

Running in the garden is great. As a builder you have to think about similar civil engineering problems that face the 12" to Ft engineers

[@grahamsheppard4693]

In 1954 l was given a magazine which had Jack Rays first article about his new Crewchester. I was ten and blown away by it. Wow, a railway in the garden...and l immediately set about 'planting' my Honby clockwork in our garden in Brighton. Crew hester was then in Ipswich. Thirty years later l came to live in Colchester, garden railway urges still prevailing, and with Jack just up the road, we soon met up and over the course of the next twenty five years became close friends. I continued to develop my own railway and in 2003 helped Jack dismantle his. He was nearly ninety. Hence "Crewchester" in substance and name was relocated on my layout, that you see here today. Jack was delighted with the transition and was here very often. He died in 2011, aged 95, and has left a wondercul legacy (and a number of cd's, available from the Gauge O Guild, of his own railway. Meanwhile the hallowed name lives on and l have a responsible custodianship to maintain. The garden railway bug has been with me for 70 years, total joy. If you're inspired to start on, DONT DELAY !! It'll keep you young.

[@grahamsheppard4693]

I should clarify that it was the Crewchester station buildinds that came here, not the whole layout, which was course scale, but none the less very realistic. GS

[@532bluepeter1]

I really wish that there were some film of Jack Ray's 'Crewchester'.

[@DrDave_63395]

@@532bluepeter1 there are several videos on the Gauge O Guild archive of the original Crewchester. Jack Ray was keen to use photography and video to promote the hobby.

[@532bluepeter1]

@@DrDave_63395Thank you for your response. Is that exclusive to Gauge '0' Guild members?

[@DrDave_63395]

@@532bluepeter1 afraid so. when I tried this morning it asked me to log on using my Guild password. But then the Guild offers a one month free membership

[@grahamsheppard4693]

Jack made five or six full length vhs records of his layout in operation. That ended in 1998, when Jack baqecame full-time carer to his wife. The layout was dismantled in 2002 and l helped with that, hence l have the Crewchester buildings here on my layout that you see now. Jack was delighted with their new home and often came here to run, and latterly just to watch. He died in 2011, aged 95, leaving a huge garden railway legacy. He has been my inspiration since l was ten, with all his magazine articles over the years. In 2022 we celebrated Crewchester's seventieth birthay. Though you bemoan the loss of the original Crewchester l hope you have enjoyed David Robinson's brilliant records of steam days at the current one. Thankyou David, (7400 hits in six days is phenominal ) and thank you Jack for your vision of a great way to use a garden. Graham Sheppard

[@coreywiedenfeld3689]

I enjoyed Jack's book "A Lifetime with O Gauge". Being in the US, it doesn't make a ton of sense to join the Guild long term but I may have to look into doing it for a bit to enjoy his and some other railroads he talks about in his book (along with I am sure many current ones). Thank you Graham for sharing what happened with his layout and buildings and thank you Dave for making these videos. As a side note, I am quite impressed with the clockwork in Europe. Here in the US, it was relegated to cheaper sets and not very good. Cheers!

[@railway187]

Wow 🤩

[@RichardJMurphy]

How much of that is Jack Ray’s stuff? I did not recognise much (I was brought up at Crewchester, just about)

[@DrDave_63395]

It’s the Crewchester Junction station building. Have a look at my video ‘Crewchester at 70’ where Graham describes his custodianship of Crewchester kzbin.info/www/bejne/hqPJhqhof9CIqbMsi=ztyIi0m-U0WmAcjJ and kzbin.info/www/bejne/iYWoe4OYnrljpJYsi=qid5OGsMMySa56pJ

[@lionelyoyo6021]

Bonjour quel modèle de voie utiliser vous pour l extérieur merci

[@DrDave_63395]

Track is Peco with Peco points. I also use Markway points outside

[@lionelyoyo6021]

@@DrDave_63395 Merci

[@robertcomerford375]

Are Alex's clockwork locos teleguv fitted Dave?

[@DrDave_63395]

@@robertcomerford375 yes. Actually Alex is Bob Lovells grandson. Bob did much to popularise Telegov regulated clockwork engine back in the day.

[@davidparry1982]

That’s amazing - I love clockwork and have some of the big vintage Bassett Lowke pacifics plus a Walker-Fenn with the gramophone regulator- would love a telegov loco. The live steam is also divine as always. Again - I have some vintage steamers but these are so refined 👍

[@DrDave_63395]

@@davidparry1982 advantage of high pressure internal firing. 😀

[@robertcomerford375]

@@DrDave_63395 He couldn't run anything not so equipped then :>) I think how many phones went to scrap years ago, their dial speed regulators could have been put to good use!

[@jandoerlidoe3412]

nice layout, but too many wagons to pull uphill ( or not enough steam )

[@DrDave_63395]

@@jandoerlidoe3412 thanks. BTW if you are commenting on the Q6 at the end of the video, it has a governor to keep the speed down to a prototypical rate.